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FUTURAMA CAPSULE
[3ACV08] - That's Lobstertainment!
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Written by Patrick M. Verrone
Directed by Bret Haarland
Originally aired 02/25/01 as episode number 08 in season 03
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> Synopsis
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Dr. Zoidberg tries his luck as a part time comedian much to the dislike
of his audience. He decides to get professional help - his old uncle
formerly famous Harold Zoid. Zoid sees no comedy talent lurking within
Zoidberg though and decides to go with drama. They get AMC actor
Calculon to do a main role by promising him an Oscar.
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> Title sequence
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Opening theme promotion:
DECIPHERED FROM CROP CIRCLES
Opening theme cartoon:
unknown
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> Voice Credits
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+ Starring
- Billy West (Fry, Dr. Zoidberg, Prof. Farnsworth)
- Katey Sagal (Leela)
- John DiMaggio (Bender)
- Tress MacNeille (Tour Guide)
+ Guest Starring
- Phil Lamarr (Hermes Conrad)
- David Herman
- Hank Azaria (Harold Zoid)
+ Also Starring
- Maurice LaMarche (Calculon)
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> Did You Notice...
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... A school hoverbus at the parking lot? {M}
... Mel Gibson's head being drawn exactly like on The Simpsons? {M}
... Amy, Kiff, Zapp, and Petunia, Morbo, Jar-Jar's head in the jar,
Pauly Shore, Michelle and Monique at the Academy Awards? {M}
... Zoidberg using his claws as film clappers when making 'The
Magnificent Three'? {JK}
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> External references
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+ Andy Warhol (Artist)
- Calculon painting in the style of the artist {JK}
+ Calvin Klein (clothing)
- Calvin Klone shop in Hollywood {MW}
+ Charlie Chaplin
- Horald Zoid's role in the silent hologram is a reference to this
silent film star {J}
+ Franklin D. Roosevelt
- harold Zoid as a wheelchair-bound president {JK}
+ Harold Lloyd
- Harold Zoid's name {JK}
+ Hugo Boss (clothing)
- Hugo Bott shop in Hollywood {MW}
+ Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs (Fairy Tale)
- Snow White and the 7Ups {M}
+ Star Tours (the ride)
- the bus {M}
+ Star Trek (TV Series)
- "The Pepsi Generation" soft drink placement could be a reference to
"The next generation". {M}
+ That's Entertainment (Movie)
- Episode Title {JK}
+ They Call Me Mello Yellow (Song)
- "They call me Mr Pibb" soft drink placement. Mellow Yellow is also
a soft drink. {MZ}
+ They Call Me Mr Tibbs (Movie)
- "They call me Mr Pibb" soft drink placement {L}
+ Wallace & Gromit's A Close Shave
- 'A Close Shaving' could be a reference to this {FP}
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> Previous episode references
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+ [1ACV07] My Three Suns
- The water being Florp from this episode is performing as an amateur
comedian {MW}
+ [2ACV08] Raging Bender
- Calculon has a poster of All My Ciruits: The Movie which was shown
in this episode {J}
+ [2ACV13] Bender Gets Made
- Zoidberg is responsible for a lot of dead patients {MN}
+ [2ACV16] Anthology of Interest 1
- Zoidberg mentions that he got booed off stage in "The famed Apollo
Theater" {MW}
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> Freeze frame fun
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Sign outside "All My Circuits" studio:
* TAPING IN PROGRESS PLEASE ANNOUNCE SELF WITH BULLHORN
* LA BREA TAR PITS AS SEEN ON THE TAR CHANNEL
* OSCAR PARTY NO LOSERS ADMITTED
Headlines in DAILY VARIETY:
OSC NOMS ANNOUNCED
Also, oscar Nominations Announced
NAAPC Complains of Low Computer Hirings
Fox Exex Bax Sex Pix,
Flix Lax Crux Bux,
Stox Sinx, Ax Prex.
The Comedy Simulator
Amateur Nite
Amateur Valet
Parking Nite
Farnsworth's disc:
78 Million RPM HoloDisk
The B&W Movie:
"Your finest trim, please."
"You are a buffoon. Now cut my beard."
"Sir, you forgot your hat!"
THE END
Buy Moxie
Hollywood Vine:
FINAL CURTAIN
Old Actors' Home
STAR TOURS
Note: Bus does not leave Earth
Universal Studios
Parallel Universal Studios
Harold Zoid Presents
The White House.
Washington D.D. [correction] D.C.
Oscar after-party in the Ebola:
OSCAR PARTY
NO LOSERS ADMITTED!
LA subway - 2nd Station Opening Soon
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> Animation, continuity, and other goofs
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... Two weeks (as hinted by how long Fry and Leela were stuck in the
tar pits), is not enough time for a film to released, win at the
Golden Globes, be nominated for an Oscar, and win the award (The
time between nominations and the ceremony may change in the future,
but the film would have to be eligible for next year's awards).
{JK}
... Don't forget the total lack of smog, gun toting children, and
abandoned ruins in L.A. or the fact that the Hollywood sign is now
whole again. {MZ}
... Harold's patch on his left arm of his jacket disappears and
re-appears at different camera angles. {R}
... If the party is no losers admitted why is Stallone allowed in? {R}
... Were did Stallone's skeleton come from all of a sudden ? It's been
more than 2 weeks since Fry and Leela passed it in the tar pit. If
it stuck to the PE ship for some magical reason, it would be above
the cockpit. Nowhere near Fry's feet when he walks down the stairs.
{MN}
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> Comments and other observations
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... The joke about Calculon winning the Golden Globe makes fun of an
infamous incident that caused the Golden Globe Awards to be the
laughing stock of the awards ceremony circuit for a many years. In
1982, the Best Female Newcomer award went to Pia Zadora for a film
that was so awful, that she didn't deserve the award in the first
place. However, through bribery by her husband at the time, she was
able to get her hand on the award, thus proving to be a major
embarrassment for the Hollywood Foreign Press. {JK}
... The crack about Marisa Tomei refers to the 1993 Oscar ceremony. At
that ceremony, she was the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her
role as Joe Pesci's girlfriend in the film My Cousin Vinny.
However, there is a urban legend going that she wasn't the name
that was in the envelope. Instead, it is believed that Jack
Palance, the person presenting the award, ignored the name in the
envelope and announced Tomei, who was the only American lady to be
nominated in the Supporting Actress category that year, as the
winner. {JK}
... I noticed that Hollywood and Vine is a residential area in the year
3000. I'm wondering if the streets have been renamed, or Graumann's
was moved (or rebuilt) because it's just a couple of blocks from
this corner in Downtown Hollywood, if I remember correctly. And you
can see the El Capitan in the background (wonder if Disney still
owns it). And it's quite a walk from the La Brea Tar Pits on
Wilshire to Graumann's Chinese (probably three to five miles). And
I seriously doubt that the subway was built under the tarpits. The
sewer lines nearby get flooded with tar. The subway wouldn't have a
chance. {RJM}
... Notice how Bender is an "executive producer". In tv that's just a
writer that's been around long enough. {ZtI}
... There's a remark about writing being categorized as a minor
technical award. In cartoons there are two camps, writers and
animators. Currently for the Emmys(tm)(r)(c) the awards for the
animated shows are given at the technical awards which are judged
by a small blue ribbon panel and the winners are announced ahead of
time. The animators prefer this as they want to be voted by their
colleagues. The writers would rather have a larger body of the TV
academy vote for the animated series along with the other prime
time TV shows. {ZtI}
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> Contributors
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{FP} Fen Phen {J} Joe25
{JK} Joe Klemm {L} Larry
{M} Me {MN} Michael Nissen
{MW} Marc Wichterich {MZ} Mike Zaite
{R} Reed {RJM} Robert J. Muldoon
{ZtI} Zikron the Insistent
Original Capsule Author: "Me whose name I prefer not to mention"
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